The Therapeutic Goods Administration will tighten regulation of vitamin B6 after a rise in toxicity cases that's linked to nerve damage. From June 2027, high-dose products will require pharmacist supervision, while those containing upwards of 200 milligrams will require a prescription.
00:00Largely, it'll mean that consumers are safer, that they won't be unknowingly at risk of
00:07vitamin B6 poisoning. A lot of the problems will be, though, that pharmacists now have
00:14to police this. So I'm hoping that the TGA will implement some education for pharmacists
00:19so that we know in our pharmacies how to manage the request, because if some people are really
00:24bent on getting B6 products, B6 containing products, that they'll now have to approach
00:30a pharmacist and have a chat about it. And we want to make sure that we can manage those requests
00:34appropriately. Ultimately, the manufacturers have never been under any obligation to warn people.
00:40There have been warnings on the packaging in Australia for about two years, but it's been
00:44sort of gobbledygook for a lot of consumers. They didn't really know what it meant. So hopefully
00:48the warnings now will improve and the manufacturers will take more responsibility in what they're
00:54engaging in. They now have to reformulate and repackage any product that they've got B6 in.
00:59But I'm sorry, I don't feel sorry for them. They've been making plenty of money with products
01:05that were potentially dangerous. So they just have to accept their responsibility here and go with it.
01:13You may know that people have regulated vitamin B6 more strictly in other countries for up to 30 years.
01:18So it's just high time that the companies here play their part in keeping consumers safe.
01:23So I think we do have to maintain the messaging. And I think pharmacists need to step forward
01:28and perhaps do more supervision out there in the front shop where so many products are available.
01:34And people never take just one product, do they? They always take multiple supplements.
01:39There's also vitamin B6, not just in vitamins and minerals, but in meal replacements and various
01:45drinks that you can buy on eBay and on the internet. So I think we need to keep that messaging going and
01:51keep repeating it because it's just not something that's in people's consciousness.
01:54For all the consumers who've suffered from vitamin B6 toxicity, it's validation for their long-term complaints.
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